November 16, 2004
Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX), the world's number one hard drive maker, today announced it is shipping the world's highest capacity PC hard drive to retail stores, resellers and system builders worldwide. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive gives customers up to 400GB, and with the industry's highest data density it's the first hard drive to store up to 133GB on a single disc. This technology advantage enables Seagate to use fewer discs and heads and ensures the fastest performance and greatest reliability of any PC hard drive in its class.
November 04, 2004
Microsoft wants to create closer ties between its Office desktop software and its server applications in the next version of Office, hoping customers will upgrade their copies of the dominant desktop software suite.
November 03, 2004
The classic Pentium architecture is going new places.
Intel is readying a line of consumer electronics chips based on the IA-32 architecture, the design underlying the vast majority of Intel's desktop, notebook and server processors, said Louis Burns, co-general manger of the Desktop Platforms Group at Intel.
October 26, 2004
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today introduced the Ultrastar 15K147, a high-performance, highly reliable enterprise disk drive, designed to excel in mission-critical computing environments. The 15,000 RPM drive is Hitachi’s highest-performer, delivering as much as 33 percent more I/Os per second than current-generation 10,000 RPM products. This performance breakthrough enables customers to address their throughput requirements using fewer drives, reducing total cost of ownership. The price performance characteristics of the new Ultrastar drive make it an ideal solution for online transaction processing, intensive database queries and other multi-user applications.
October 25, 2004
Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX), maker of the world's most popular hard drives, announced today its innovative new 5GB Pocket Hard Drive and 100GB Portable External Hard Drive are now available in major retail stores. With its cool looking shell design, the Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive is the world's first 5GB storage solution truly small enough to fit in a pocket or backpack. An evolution in portable personal storage solutions, it breaks cost-performance barriers when compared with traditional USB thumb drives. Meanwhile, the new Seagate USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive offers up to 100GB of portable storage in a sleek and very small footprint - it's the world's first external drive featuring a 100GB, 2.5-inch hard drive with a blazing fast 5,400-rpm spin speed.
October 25, 2004
Intel Corp. has leveraged its 90-nanometer process technology to roll out what one analyst called the first integrated control and data plane processor. Intel's IXP23XX, aimed at a broad middle tier of communications access systems, is also the first network processor priced below $100 for this sector.
October 19, 2004
Prestigio International, one of the most dynamic international vendors of LCD displays and TVs, mobile computers, and plasma TVs, has extended its most popular line of 17-inch LCD displays by launching a new trendy model.
October 11, 2004
The Board of Directors of Prestigio International, Inc. has appointed a new General Manager to head the company’s operations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The newly appointed General Manager Mr. Jozef Cerovský will be based in Prestigio’s Representative Office in Prague, and is expected to spearhead the company’s rapid expansion across the growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe. The Board of Directors has also appointed Mr. Vladimir Nikolaev as Prestigio’s CEE Marketing Director.
September 29, 2004
Seagate Technology announced the newest member of its expanded line of notebook hard drives, the new Momentus 5400.2 hard drive with capacities up to 100GB and industry-leading areal density of 50GB per disc, is shipping to customers. Leading notebook computer makers and specialty suppliers are choosing the new Seagate Momentus 5400.2 for its high capacity, high reliability, high performance, low battery consumption and quiet acoustics. With the latest technology, Seagate's Advanced Manufacturing leadership, the industry's most comprehensive compatibility and benchmark testing for the most reliable storage solutions ever, and the longest warranty in the business, notebook PC makers and channel system builders can rely on Seagate - the industry's only independent supplier of notebook drives.
September 27, 2004
Kingston® Technology Company, Inc. announced the expansion of its DataTraveler USB 2.0 product line to better service the varying needs of USB customers. Kingston will add three versions to the product line: DataTraveler II, DataTraveler II Plus and DataTraveler Elite.